Ticket-clasp



(No Model.)

L. J. BLADES.

TICKET CLASP.

No. 259,284. Patented June 13, 1882'.

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LEONARD J. BLADES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TlCKET CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,284, dated June 13, 1882.

Application filed April 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD J. BLADES, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ticket-Clasps, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the ticketclasp as attached to the horizontal bar of a ticket-ease. Fig. 2 is an end view of the ticket-clasp as attached to the horizontal bar of a ticket-ease. Fig. 3 represents a back view of the ticket-clasp as attached to the horizontal bar of a ticket-case. Fig. 4 represents the plate of metal cut ready for forming into proper shape.

My invention relates to an improvement in ticket-clasps, the manner of construction making it easy to manufacture at comparatively little cost. The providing of projection e above the horizontal bar (I for the purpose of removing the clasp vertically from or returning it to the horizontal bar (I is a new feature and convenience not heretofore made or used. I

In use the horizontal bars of a ticket'case are arranged one above the other, about one and a half inch apart, each one receding about three-eighths of an inch beyond the perpendicular. The three-eighths of an inch thus afi'orded is actually filled by the tickets as they hang suspended from the hooks of said clasps, rendering the projection above the upper edge of the bar, as shown and explained, very ncc essary. By cutting the tongue C and back bearing or spring, a, from plate B, as shown in Fig. 4, I thus save nearly one-half of the length of metal that would be required in making the clasp referred to above, and at the same time using no more in width. My plan of construction makes absolutely no waste, while the other hasawaste of about one-third. Any shape of horizontal bar can be used by simply giving the spring a, as shown in Fig. 4, the shape needed.

In the drawings, B represents the plate or body of the clasp,as shown in Figs.1,2, 3, and 4. ais the back or spring for binding the clasp to the horizontal bar, as shown in Figs.

1, 2, 3, and 4. C is the tongue, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and at. eis the projection, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. dis the horizontal bar, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved ticket-clasp consisting of the metal plate B, the spring or binding-piece a, cut from the outer edge of said plate, and the tongue C, out from the central portion of the plate, all substantially as set forth.

2. An improved ticket-clasp composed of plate B, spring or bindingpiece a, and tongue C, out from the plate, and the upper projection, c, all substantially as set forth.

LEONARD J. BLADES.

Witnesses:

ERNST J EBSEN, G. FRAGEL. 

